FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER NEWSPAPER – The City of West Sacramento is recruiting citizens to serve on various commissions, overseeing topics such as agriculture and natural resources; arts, culture and historic preservation; the city appeals process; aging; disaster preparedness; economic development; housing; parks and community services; and planning issues. For more information or an application, visit [...]

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER – A spaghetti feed fundraiser to benefit Mike Carr and his family is planned for Oct. 26 at VFW Hall 8762, 905 Drever St., beginning at 6 p.m. Carr is a longtime West Sacramentan and retired firefighter now fighting cancer. Tickets are $20 (advance only) and there will be a [...]

NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — OCT. 19, 2012 – The River City High School Raiders last Friday continued their creep back into the win column after a slow start under a new coach and new system. The varsity football team beat Liberty Ranch 20-17 in a home game for RCHS, bringing their record to 3-1 in league [...]

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER – The West Sacramento “All Charities Raffle” is back, sponsored by the West Sacramento Foundation. A number of local organizations are participating by offering raffle tickets at $10 for such prizes as the use of a condo in Maui or Puerto Vallarta for a week, a $500 shopping spree at [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER NEWSPAPER — SEPT 19, 2012 – In every local election cycle, the West Sacramento News-Ledger invites every candidate to sit-down for a published interview. Below is the first of the 2012 interviews, in which the newspaper talked with Alicia Cruz, one of the challengers running for a seat on the local [...]

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER NEWSPAPER — SEPT 26, 2012 – I was having a somewhat heated conversation with a friend the other night when she suddenly got right in my face and blurted out, “You know, Daryl, you’re getting to be a grumpy old man!” “What?” I exclaimed with a smile, sure that she [...]